The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-05-19

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FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Fresh Chit-Chst About Persons and T1aine6
Across the Ocean.
The traveller in the Hawaiian Isles,
witnessing some court ceremonial 1t Homo
lulu, at which the King and his courtiers wear
handsome American uniforms, resplendent
with gold lace and orders, while the Queen and
her ladies appear In full court dress, finds Il
hard to realize that in 1870 the Hawaiians went
naked and offered human sacrifices to hideous
gods. When the American missionaries arrived
there in l620 the King, having previously sig-
nified his intention Of showing them honor by
dining on board their vessel. arrived in q mar
row waist-fringe, crown Of scarlet feathers,
. necklace Of beads and green silk scarf
thrown over the shoulders. But they were
still further shocked when, % soon - they
were established in . house on shore, they
received repeated visits from the King and his
I'VE wives, all completely naked. After while
the American lf.dies mustered courage enough
to drop q hint on the subject, whereupon
the King, being exceedingly anxious to do the
right thing, called next morning attired In q
pair Of silk stockings and cooked hat.
Two amusing instances Of the me-
chanical workings Of bureaucratic methods Of
administration are recorded in the Paris
papers. At the recent wreck Of the steamship
Victoria as the passengers who made their
escape came dripping out of the sea half dead
from exhaustion, they were received on the
beach by couple Of officers who insisted upon
in regard to the disaster. The other case was
that of y conscript, who was entitled to ex-
emption by reason Of being the sole support
Of an aged grandfather, whom he brought
along with him in proof of his claim. The off,
Ger called upon the old man to strip for exami-
nation like the rest, and In spite of all expos
tulations he insisted on the ground that his
orders were that all who presented themselves
should be examined, and go the poor old blind
man Of eighty had to strip his shirt and take
his place with the youths drawn up to wait for
the medical inspector.
Reynosds Newspaper, an English work.
ingmen's paper Of enormous circulation, gives
this kindly notice of the peerage: 1.-THE English
peerf is an interesting object. He may be mean,
or ugly, or in low circumstances; he may be
wife kicking drunkard or Duke of Marlbor.
Ough, or he may lunch on q herring I'm q cook
shop In company with coal-heaver, after the
fashion Of Lord Hinton, but as he sits with his
coronet tipped rakishly on one side and his ala
baster limbs stacked on the mantelpiece there
is an indefinable grace and refnement:upon him
that makes him thing Of beauty and 10y
forever. Consequently, no true Briton win
regret to hear that, during the last thirty-five
years, 620 peers have run less than 1891 rela-
tives into lifelong billets in the government
service, making good average Of fifteen pau
pers which each has planted on his bleeding
country"
Owen Parry, an English soldier, had q
dream of q buried treasure that didnot turn out
after the melodramatic style. He had served
twelve years in the army and had obtained
medals for good conduct I'm the Egyptian and
Afghan campaigns. While I'm Egypt he
dreamed that under certain boulder stone on
certain highway in England an immense
amount Of treasure lay hidden. So strong was
the impression made upon him that he de-
serted and made his way to England and began
searching for the unexpected gold. Accompa-
MED by party Of his friends he searched for
that boulder stone and buried treasure, over
turning many stones and making numerous
excavations. but the only result Of his labers
was to attract the attention of the police, and
at present he Is in Jail awaiting trial on the
charge Of desertion.
The Odessa papers report that In
the Russian village Of Obodney rich but igno-
rant peasant received visit lately from three
venerable looking men dressed in flowing
robes, who informed him that they were Christ
and the Apostles Peter and Paul They severely
censured him ON the score Of his lack Of
charity, and the terrified peasant, falling upon
his knees, begged them for mercy, and gave
them over 800 silver roubles, which was all the
money he had In the house. Fortunately for
him his neighbors were not a. superstitious -
himself. and before the impostors rot away Q
crowd overpowered them and gave them into
custody.
Recently the inhabitants Of the village
Of Humble's Head, In England, have been In
state Of excitement over the nocturnal vistt-
alton Of aGh0ek A number Of the most corr
ageous men Of the place lay In wait for The
spook ono night, and when It appeared duly
robed In white. after the usual fashioo q
ghosts. they laid hands upon II. and discovered
that they had hold Of . prominent member Of
the Salvation Army. He explained that his
masquesading was simply IN ingenious method
Of rousing popular attention TO the aaairs Of
the world to come, but that did not save him
from receiving sound hosgins.
Ardent patriotism probably never took
more curious form than I'm the case Of .
youu0 Alsafaan, who was drawn ~ Q conscript
In ths German army. WHEN he WAS examined
BY the military surgeon II was found that
nearly the whole Of his body IVES tattooed over
with the words "vive b rrancey" There was
only one exception to the inscription with
which the Alsatian had adorned himself, and
this consisted Of IN equally brief sentence ex-
pressive Of the utmost contempt for the Prus-
slams. He was given Q sentence of six months
imprisonment - reward for his ingenuity.
The Archduke Ferdinand of Austria
has been dissEaoed and foghidden the court in
consequence Of most Gross Outrage on some
peasants which was brought 70 the notice OF
the Emperor by ths Bishop of Lins. Il d stated
that tho archduhs and some cf his equally
harebrajned brother oAceu were riding IN ths
country when they met Z peasant funeral.
They compelled the procession to stop, insulted
the mourners. and ally-incredible ~ It
seems-they are so,used OF having opened the
conn, and then Of having taken the corpse out,
after which they leaped their horses over It.
The Paris papers tell Of an enormous
toL IN which peasant has culttvnted mn
sical faculty. When The peasant drones out IN
Old Gascon ballad the toad accompanies him
with four musical n0tee, which II uttess In bar
mouious aucceasion. he volce of tie strange
singer h declared 70 be plaiptive and muslcal,
rsminding one a TIE notes q haEmontca.
An English lady has sent the Pope .
valuable Faster egg; the shell u OF ivogy,